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Gene Report : caiT
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Edition. ASM Press. 1996
Neidhart, F.C.
     Deletion OCR28 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  caiT
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  caiT   Search strains by all related name:  caiT b0040 ECK0041 JW0039 yaaP

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name caiT  
 Alternative name b0040,ECK0041,JW0039,yaaP  
 Location, Length 40,417 - 41,931 (  -  ) ;   0.87 min ; 1515 (bp) ,   504 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product putative transporter  
 Operon Name caiTABCDE  
 Note probable carnitine transporter; GO_component: GO:0009274 - peptidoglycan-based cell wall; GO_component: GO:0019866 - organelle inner membrane; GO_process: GO:0016052 - carbohydrate catabolic process  
 Function putative transport; Central intermediary metabolism: Pool, multipurpose conversions  
 Gene Ontology GO:0005215 ; transporter activity ( caiT )
GO:0005886 ; plasma membrane ( caiT )
GO:0006810 ; transport ( caiT )
GO:0015297 ; antiporter activity ( caiT )
GO:0016020 ; membrane ( caiT )
GO:0016021 ; integral to membrane ( caiT )
 PID 1786224  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
 
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 2 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) CAIT_ECOLI ( P31553 ; P75624 )
    -  Protein name L-carnitine/gamma-butyrobetaine antiporter.  
    -  Synonyms  
    -  Gene name Name=caiT; OrderedLocusNames=b0040;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   30.0  –  55.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP caiT (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
        PSI-BLAST  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST L-carnitine/gamma-butyrobetaine antiporter  
         PSI-BLAST L-carnitine/gamma-butyrobetaine antiporter
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST L-carnitine/gamma-butyrobetaine antiporter [Escherichia coli K12]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    PROKAR_LIPOPROTEIN    BCCT     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG1292M 
    EcoCyc caiT 

MMBR References
Mol Microbiol. 1994;13(5):775-86.
Molecular characterization of the cai operon necessary for carnitine metabolism in Escherichia coli.
Eichler K, Bourgis F, Buchet A, Kleber HP, Mandrand-Berthelot MA. ( 7815937 )
J Bacteriol. 1998;180:2599-2608
Regulation of the carnitine pathway in Escherichia coli: investigation of the cai-fix divergent promoter region.
Buchet, A., K. Eichler, and M. A. Mandrand-Berthelot.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MKNEKRKTGI EPKVFFPPLI IVGILCWLTV RDLDAANVVI NAVFSYVTNV WGWAFEWYMV VMLFGWFWLV 
0071 FGPYAKKRLG NEPPEFSTAS WIFMMFASCT SAAVLFWGSI EIYYYISTPP FGLEPNSTGA KELGLAYSLF 
0141 HWGPLPWATY SFLSVAFAYF FFVRKMEVIR PSSTLVPLVG EKHAKGLFGT IVDNFYLVAL IFAMGTSLGL 
0211 ATPLVTECMQ WLFGIPHTLQ LDAIIITCWI ILNAICVACG LQKGVRIASD VRSYLSFLML GWVFIVSGAS 
0281 FIMNYFTDSV GMLLMYLPRM LFYTDPIAKG GFPQGWTVFY WAWWVIYAIQ MSIFLARISR GRTVRELCFG 
0351 MVLGLTASTW ILWTVLGSNT LLLIDKNIIN IPNLIEQYGV ARAIIETWAA LPLSTATMWG FFILCFIATV 
0421 TLVNACSYTL AMSTCREVRD GEEPPLLVRI GWSILVGIIG IVLLALGGLK PIQTAIIAGG CPLFFVNIMV 
0491 TLSFIKDAKQ NWKD

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             aacgcgtcca cgaggttaat aataattata 
-070 ttaaatgtta acaaaaataa aacaaacggg aacgcaaaat aaatattcgt tttcacagtg gaattaactc 
0001 atgaagaatg aaaagagaaa aacgggaata gaaccgaagg ttttctttcc gccgttaata atcgtcggca 
0071 tactttgttg gcttacagtc agagatctgg atgcagcgaa tgtcgttatt aatgctgtat tcagttacgt 
0141 caccaatgta tggggatggg catttgaatg gtatatggtg gtgatgcttt tcggttggtt ctggctggtg 
0211 tttggcccgt atgccaaaaa gcgtttaggt aacgaaccgc cagaatttag caccgccagt tggatcttta 
0281 tgatgttcgc ctcctgtacg tctgctgccg tactgttctg gggatcgatt gagatctact actacatctc 
0351 caccccgccg tttggcttag aaccgaactc gacaggggcg aaagagttgg ggctggctta cagcttgttc 
0421 cactggggac ctctgccgtg ggccacttac agcttccttt cagtcgcctt cgcttacttc ttctttgtcc 
0491 gcaaaatgga agtgattcgc cccagctcga cactggtgcc gctggtaggt gaaaaacacg ccaaagggtt 
0561 gttcggcact atcgtcgaca acttctatct cgtcgccttg atcttcgcga tgggtaccag tctgggcctt 
0631 gccacgccgc tggtgaccga gtgtatgcaa tggttgtttg gcattccgca taccctgcaa ctggacgcta 
0701 tcatcattac ctgctggatt atcctcaacg ccatttgcgt cgcttgcggt ctgcaaaaag gggtacgtat 
0771 cgccagtgac gtgcgtagtt acctgagctt cctgatgctg ggttgggtgt tcattgtcag cggtgccagc 
0841 ttcatcatga actacttcac cgattcggtg gggatgttgc tgatgtatct gccgcgcatg ttgttctata 
0911 ccgatcccat cgctaaaggc ggcttcccgc agggctggac cgtgttctac tgggcatggt gggtgattta 
0981 tgctatccag atgagtatct tcctcgcccg catctcccgt ggtcgtactg tgcgtgaact gtgcttcggc 
1051 atggtgctgg ggctgacagc gtcaacctgg atcctgtgga ctgtactcgg tagtaacact ctgctgttga 
1121 tagataaaaa catcatcaac attccaaatc tgatcgaaca gtacggtgtg gcgcgcgcca tcattgaaac 
1191 ctgggccgct ctgccactca gcaccgccac catgtggggc ttcttcatcc tctgctttat tgccaccgtt 
1261 acgctggtta acgcctgctc ttataccctg gcgatgtcca cttgccgcga agtacgcgat ggtgaagaac 
1331 cacctctgct ggtgcgtatc ggttggtcaa ttctggttgg cattatcggt attgttctgc tggcgctcgg 
1401 cggcctgaaa ccgattcaaa ccgccattat cgccggagga tgcccgctgt tcttcgtcaa cattatggtg 
1471 acgctctcct ttattaaaga cgcgaaacag aactggaaag attaattaac ccccaaaata tcaagaggtt 
1541 gaaagatgga ttttaattta aatgatgagc aggaactgtt tgtcgccggt atccgcgaac tgatggccag 
1611 cgaaa